Why do I have to complete a CAPTCHA?

Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you access to the web property for the remainder of your session.

What can I do to prevent this in the future?

If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware.

If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured of infected devices. Alternately, you can ask the network administrator to contact Scitation for a permanent IP unblocking